How many spaces do you put between sentences?

[sash1]

two spaces after a period is archaic

 

[lyssword]

4

 

[Schfifty Five]

I like 2 spaces. It helps to read paragraphs more easily.

 

[altonb1]

1 space between words and after other punctuation EXCEPT periods and colons. Periods and colons ALWAYS get 2 spaces.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: warmodder
I've always used 1 but I think technically 2 is correct. Than again, no one's every called me out on 1 so...whatever floats your boat I guess.

2 is correct , but due to whitespace getting axed down to one space usually it's becoming common to see one .

space then punctuation is just bad and really pisses people off .

Based on the sentence you wrote, I wouldn't see people worrying if you put even no space after punctuation. They are just happy you are progressing.

 

[aplefka]

Originally posted by: mooglemania85

Originally posted by: Throckmorton
2 spaces is not correct. It used to be a convention but it isn't anymore.

Now it's down to just a function with no open bar?

:laugh:

It took the second read for that to click then I started laughing out loud.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: grrl

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Did some pass a law that this topic has to be started every 3 months?

Not everyone lives on ATOT, plus I did 3 searches and came up with nothing. You should at least thank me though, since I gave you something to do at 10:07 AM.

Next time, start a thread on how to tell time. You might get some good pointers.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I was taught 2, so I do 2

 

[Gunslinger08]

According to every English and Technical Writing professor at the college I graduated from, one space is correct.

 

[Skeeedunt]

I still think two looks better. All you single-space hipsters can kiss my ass.

 

[Mojoed]

I was taught to use two spaces, and have always done so.

 

[tfinch2]

1

 

[Delita]

Originally posted by: blinky8225
One space is correct. The two space rule is a vestige of the typewriter age.

Winnar!!

 

[us3rnotfound]

6 spaces

 

[grrl]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: grrl

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Did some pass a law that this topic has to be started every 3 months?

Not everyone lives on ATOT, plus I did 3 searches and came up with nothing. You should at least thank me though, since I gave you something to do at 10:07 AM.

Next time, start a thread on how to tell time. You might get some good pointers.

Different time zones, different times!

 

[compman25]

17.3812 spaces more or less.

 

[IronWing]

Two spaces is correct, right, good, moral, decent, and fulfilling. One space is insufficient, an abomination, evil, twisted, perverse, and stupefying. The html standard requires browsers to ignore two spaces and instead present one space. A triumph of vile evil.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

You should use .99999(repeating) spaces

 

[Leros]

UponSecondThought,SpacesAreReallyACompleteWasteOfSpace.WhatAWasteOfInk,Paper,Bandwidth,Etc.

 

[Pepsi90919]

42

 

[Juno]

over 9000!!

i kid, i kid. usually i put down in two spaces.

 

[Throckmorton]

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude
You should use .99999(repeating) spaces

LOL

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Originally posted by: DrVos
Most typographers consider double spaces a quaint holdover from the dark ages of monospaced typewriters- where every letter and punctuation mark occupied the same amount of space. Because of this limitation, the practice of adding double space became helpful in visually separating sentences. Modern word processors use typefaces that are proportionally sized and spaced and do not require extra spacing after the period. Its allowable to use both methods of spacing, but many designers will say that a single space looks better because it mitigates the appearance of "rivers" in a block of text.

+1

Proportional fonts and the leading/spacing provided in computer word processors today don't require that two spaces be used any longer. One space is now the accepted rule and using two spaces makes for stilted text.

 

[Whisper]

One; two just irks me for some reason.

 

[johnjbruin]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
One, I've always done it that way.